Comments on: One Season of Square Foot Gardening

By: Will

Will — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:16:49 +0000

Hello David,
I read your review of Sqr. Ft. gardening and I will say it was nicely done. As to your question/concern with the raised beds drying out faster then other cultivated ground. Your native soil “appears” to be conprised of clay, clay/silt, clay/loam something to that effect. Clay and slit have huge amount of surface area which makes them a media for water to adhere to. Since the raised beds dont have much if any native soil they water holding capacity will go down. This maybe over technical but this covers it. http://cursos.puc.cl/unimit_agl_014-1/almacen/1250293854_lgurovic_sec4_pos0.pdf

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By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:04:12 +0000

Melons in panty hose – yes, more good info in the book “60 Minutes Garden” by J. Balls.

By: RecycleBill

RecycleBill — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:00:05 +0000

For Thea: I’ve had very good luck repelling squirrels and most other varmits sprinkling black pepper or spraying pepper based liquids on my plants. Hot stuff repells most critters except birds.

Now if someone could tell me how to repell my chickens from my garden…..

By: David LaFerney

David LaFerney — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:29:01 +0000

@Thea – I have no idea what squirrels won’t eat, but I can tell you this – It’s mighty hard to keep them out of something that they decide they want. Sorry I’m not more helpful.

Just be glad they aren’t raccoons.